Sun Belt Championship ·

Sun Belt Championship

Sun Belt Championship
App State8-523
Troy11-249Final
Sat, Dec 2 · Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, Ala. · Crowd 20,183 · 70°, heavy rainESPN

Records are after this game.

Troy beat App State by 26 points, the Sun Belt Championship.

How the game turned

Troy aheadApp State ahead

Q2 9:18 Troy 0, App State 0

Troy 71% to win

Castle run for no gain, turnover on downs

Big moments

  1. 1Q2 9:18 · Troy 0, App State 0Troy's win chance rose from 54% to 71%.Castle run for no gain, turnover on downs
  2. 2Q2 5:33 · Troy 7, App State 0Troy's win chance rose from 69% to 74%.Vidal 7-yd TD run, Troy goes ahead 7-0
  3. 3Q3 8:31 · Troy 21, App State 14Troy's win chance rose from 64% to 78%.Watson 51-yd TD pass to Lewis, Troy goes ahead 21-14

Troy was never below a 54 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Troy took the lead for good with 8:31 left in the 3rd quarter, Troy 21, App State 14.

It was Troy's first win over App State since the 2016 season, after 5 straight losses in the series, counted since 1970 in our games data.

What happened next

  1. App State's next game: W 13-9 vs Miami (OH) in the Avocados From Mexico Cure Bowl, Dec 16

    14 days later
  2. Troy's next game: L 10-17 vs Duke in the 76 Birmingham Bowl, Dec 23

    21 days later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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